pre-shooting ponderings

Cavafy and Kassaby: Two Poseidonians Remembering Ithakas

Hello, world. My name is Pensée Atef Mohran. I am an English major and this is a final paper I wrote for the Comparative Literature class of Spring 2019 The film is now screening in international festivals, but here is the TRAILER:*That's What Happened- Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/321357063 till it's available for the public.

What is Done Cannot be Undone: A Draft of Reflections on 4 Visual Arts’ Workshops

Pensée Atef Mohran July, 2022 Exactly two years ago, if I wanted to output my insights on a piece of reading I was assigned to critique as an English major, I would, as a force of habit, opt for responding in writing an MLA research paper; conceptual, reflective, and informative. One step further would be an in-class presentation; dull, strictly-graded, and academia-bound.One year later I would experiment with audio-video documentation advancements when I join the Jesuits Film School Program in Alexandria, and graduate with my first short documentary. But, I would still have this urging question regarding the intricate relationship between text and image–Is there more to it than fiction and documentary films? An interdisciplinary point of intersection between art and academia, perhaps? In this paper I attempt to share my reflections on the 4 main workshops of the Visual Arts Program at Behna Al Wakalah and the possibilities they left me with. As for Magic of Text as Space worksho...

A Ghost Story (2017): A Tale about Letting Go

Written and directed by David Lowery, A Ghost Story came out in 2017 starring Academy Award-Winning actor, Casey Affleck, and Rooney Mara. This film was a step away from the traditional moving-picture horror films the audience would expect from the title. Because usually, a ghost tale implies that one is before something gothic and horrifying; a love story, maybe, in the same sense that David Foster Wallace meant when he said that every love story is, in essence, a ghost story. But the director here puts it in more simplistic terms of vision. After all, his main character is a ghost in a Halloween-costume bed-sheet. By that he aims at clarifying that the idea of haunted places, the passage of time, and this very personal, specific image of a ghost made-at-home carry homage to the 7-year-old Lowery whose first film ever was a home-made movie starring his brother as the ghost in a bed-sheet haunting their house. So, in a sense, this film is immens...

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